Tag: DeFi

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Who answers the 3am call when DeFi breaks?

Welcome to our institutional newsletter, Crypto Long & Short. This week:To win over big investors, DeFi builders must act like accountable money managers, not...

White House Holds CLARITY Act Meeting Today as DeFi Rules Face Scrutiny

The White House is stepping into one of the most sensitive fights in US crypto policy.Administration officials are expected to meet law-enforcement groups today...

Botanix Shuts Down as Bitcoin Defi Demand Falls Short

Botanix, a Bitcoin scaling network that set out to bring “real utility” to BTC without token incentives, is winding down after four years in...

Botanix bet big on ‘Bitcoin DeFi.’ Its shutdown suggests users never cared

Bitcoin layer-2 network Botanix is being wound down a year after its mainnet went live. The project cited market conditions and broader indifference within...

MiCA Architect Says EU Should Prioritize Tokenization Over DeFi Rules

The European Union should focus on a broader digital asset framework covering real-world assets and tokenization instead of regulating decentralized finance through a second...

New DeFi entrant widens field of crypto political campaign funds as elections loom

Another crypto-focused political action committee, the Defend Developers PAC, has joined the field of campaign-funding operations that have in recent years put the industry...

Bitcoin (BTC) faces an ‘identity crisis’ and DeFi devs need to stop acting like tech bros

The cryptocurrency market is enduring a sharp narrative shift, but the real growth is happening away from the spotlight, according to the co-founder of...

Anchorage Digital Pushes Federally Chartered Settlement Into Non-Custodial DeFi With Coordinated Multiparty Layer

The OCC-chartered crypto bank is positioning its Atlas network as a coordinated multiparty settlement layer for institutional trading on Hyperliquid, Lighter, and Aave —...

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin is rethinking how DeFi handles market crashes

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is exploring a new way to build crypto investment products that could reduce one of decentralized finance's biggest risks: sudden...

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Options-Based DeFi to Replace Liquidation-Driven Debt Model

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin proposed splitting 1 ETH into two paired option assets that always sum back to 1 ETH, eliminating forced liquidations and...

XRP Ledger’s design blocks the flash loan attacks costing DeFi hundreds of millions

The two biggest DeFi exploits of the past two months have one thing in common. They used a tool that does not exist on...

Circle Freeze on Zama’s Confidential USDC Locks $12.6M of User Funds in DeFi ‘Crossfire’

A court-ordered restraining order pushed Circle to blacklist Zama's cUSDC wrapper on Ethereum. The privacy protocol is not a defendant but every depositor in...